Education News
Half of 14-year-olds have been bullied
Nearly half of England's 14-year-olds have been a victim of bullying, research has found.
Inside Education News
Took a look at yourself! Get an A for Anthropology
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Richard Garner: “The mobile phone has become the modern equivalent of the garden fence or village green.” Discuss.
Fail him on the beaches
Thursday, 12 November 2009
A computerised system is increasingly used to mark exam papers. It's a good job Churchill wasn't being examined...
Exam board chief warns of loss of public trust in system
Thursday, 12 November 2009
The head of one of the country's biggest exam boards warned yesterday of a loss of public trust in exams.
The Big Question: Are higher top-up fees the only way to fund our universities properly?
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
To sleep, perchance to get better grades
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A Tyneside school is giving pupils a lie-in, in the hope it improves their concentration in lessons.
Ex BP boss in spotlight
Monday, 9 November 2009
Lord Browne accepted the high profile job of chairman of the government inquiry into university tuition fees.
Call to fine exam boards which break the rules
Friday, 6 November 2009
Exam boards should face fines if they fail to stick to guidelines on standards, the head of the Royal Society of Chemistry said today.
Why Sesame St still counts
Friday, 6 November 2009
It's four decades since the residents of one of the most famous addresses on TV made their debut. Guy Adams reports on an educational institution.
Teachers face ' institutional racism claims'
Friday, 6 November 2009
Black and minority ethnic teachers face an "endemic culture of institutional racism" in schools, research found today.
Most popular
Read
1 Three-minute therapy: Can 'speed shrinking' fix your head in 180 seconds?
2 The Ten Best Seduction Techniques
3 The dirtiest players in football
5 Seattle's teenage Jesse James
7 Patrick Cockburn: The general is right. Liam Fox is wrong
8 Near death experiences caught on film
9 Ricky Gervais returns with new workplace comedy
10 Games review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
11 The Ten Best Scotch Whiskies
12 The ten best England v Brazil matches
13 Woman attacked by chimp reveals face on Oprah
14 Mark Hughes In Baltimore: Just minutes after I arrived, I was at the scene of a shooting ...
Emailed
1 Martin Sheen: 'I am officially the king of Hollywood'
2 Album: Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe Suite No 2, (EMI Classics)
3 Rupert Penry-Jones: 'It's nice not to be chasing a bad guy'
4 Art of the matter: Richard Eyre on the meaning of culture
6 Album: Alberto Veronesi, Placido Domingo, Violeta Urmana, Puccini Ritrovato, (Deutsche Grammophon)
7 Navigator / Reveal Records Mixtape giveaway
8 Real life stories from the film front line
10 Grumpy old man to star in first Twitcom
11 Lost Chaplin film discovered in $5 can bought on eBay
12 FDA issues updated Food Code with safety in mind
15 RSS feeds
Commented
1Brown details tighter immigration rules
2Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
3Anger over MoD civil servants' bonuses
4Undercurrent of doubt over electric motors
5Mandelson to become Government's 'TV face'
6The Rolling Stone who gathered no money
7Honduran crisis 'threatens democracy'
8Man sacked for belief in psychics backed by judge (but, of course, he knew that would happen)
9They come in search of justice ? but end up thrown into jail
Columnist Comments
• Andreas Whittam Smith: Brown is plunging down the same abyss as Major
Harrassment can begin when a PM's personal qualities are lacking
• Rupert Cornwell: Burden of sending men to their deaths
The more Barack Obama thinks about Afghanistan, the more intractable the problem becomes
• Brian Viner: Great British sporting events
The FA Cup final, Wimbledon, the Ashes and the Grand National are woven into our culture
